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Keywords: spermatozoa, gamete, haploid, zoon, ovum

(-oa) zoon = animal; mature male germ cell (abb. sperm).

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a mature male sex cell. It has a tail so that it can swim to reach and fertilize the female ovum.

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the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"

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The mature male sex cell (plural: spermatozoa). Sperm survive for 3-5 days in fertile cervical mucus.

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male germinal cell containing 23 chromosomes.

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(plural, spermatozoa) The male gamete; a haploid, usually small, flagellated cell.

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The mature, male reproductive cell (also known as a sperm cell).

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The mature masculine germ cell.

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(plural: spermatozoa) [Gr. spermatos - seed, semen; Gr. zoon - animal]. A mature haploid male gamete. Synonym: sperm cell.

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The final stage of development of the maturing sperm cell, as it leaves the tubules of the testis the testicular tubules, to mature in the epididymis. Composed of a head (including the acrosome), a midpiece loaded with mitochondria to provide energy, and a tail, or flagellum, for propulsion. Packed into the head of the spermatozoon is a haploid number of chromosomes (there are normally 23, including either an X-chromosome or a Y-chromosome). See also: sperm count See also: fertilisation See also: cilium

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A male gamete; also called sperm.

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A spermatozoon or spermatozoan (pl. spermatozoa), from the ancient Greek ÏƒÏ€ÎÏÎ¼Î± (seed) and Î¶á¿·Î¿Î½ (living being) and more commonly known as a sperm cell, is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. It joins an ovum to form a zygote. A zygote is a single cell, with a complete set of chromosomes, that normally develops into an embryo.

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Keywords: millionth, drop, semen, part

a millionth part of a drop of semen

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Keywords: fully, developed

Fully developed sperm

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